The D.A.R.E. podcast, hosted by former Lambeth equalities commissioner Professor Miranda Brawn, will feature an impressive range of guests for its third season.
From Baroness Doreen Lawrence, founder of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, through New York luxury real estate agent and Selling the City Netflix star Eleanora Srugo, to rogue trader turned financial investigator Nick Leeson, they will offer free masterclasses in developing your own “successful mindset” backed by ambition and confidence.
“It is literally mentoring and coaching at your fingertips,” says Professor Brawn.
Other guests will include entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox,Dragon’s Den star Piers Linney, former politician Baroness Nicky Morgan, Stonewall CEO Simon Blake OBE, and political activist and NHS leader Patrick Vernon OBE.
The podcast is also launching the D.A.R.E. VIP Book Club. Each month it will feature a book written by a D.A.R.E. podcast guest offering the followers and subscribers an opportunity to share their views and recommendations.
D.A.R.E. is also launching an online Private Members Inner Circle . Membership is selective and limited, offering access to an elite circle.
Creator and host Professor Brawn is one of UK’s most powerful self-made businesswomen – and a philanthropist, barrister and success mindset coach.
She dives into unfiltered and honest conversations with the visionaries, disruptors, and next-level thinkers who are her guests – unpacking their success tips, strategies, philosophies, and personal journeys.
“These candid conversations about resilience, risk, reinvention, doubt and conviction remind us that even the most powerful face uncertainty and trade-offs,” she says.
“This is offering a rare window into the minds of top decision-makers and the energy that they allow around them.
“We are turning real talk into meaningful global action with lots of laughter, tears and great intelligence.”
From career advice to business strategy and personal growth, every episode delivers insights and practical tools to help you turn your dreams into reality.
“This is where you can dare to dream big and learn from some of the world’s most successful people,” says Professor Brawn.
“Each episode explores the pivotal choices and action that shape the careers and legacies of influential leaders.”
The D.A.R.E. podcast, launched two years ago in January 2024, is partnered with and supported by The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation (TMBDLF) a registered charity, alongside other national and international organisations and charities.
TMBDLF recently celebrated its 10th anniversary at the House of Lords. It has helped more than 100,000 of the next generation and current leaders to succeed with their education and career through these empowering, motivating and educational talks.
The foundation’s new 10-year strategy to help increase its global impact even further is “1 Million Young Leaders: From Classroom to the Boardroom”.
This included the launch of The Brawn Review: Boardroom, Sustainability, Inclusion and Governance at with over 1000 global board members providing 50 recommendations across all diversity strands and sectors. A copy is available by emailing the charity.
The first episode of the third season of The ‘D.A.R.E.’ Podcast will launch on Friday, 30 January and the last Friday of each month thereafter.
A promotional video for season three is available online.
“What I love about this podcast is the fact that our amazing guests are from all different backgrounds, races, ages, religions, political interests, disabilities and more … but we all have one common theme and that is … a successful mindset with a willingness to share knowledge, energy and inspiration for others to follow,” said Professor Brawn.
You can hear The D.A.R.E Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Buzzsprout and all the usual platforms.
It is also available on YouTube to watch, follow and subscribe, with updates on new episode launches on various social media platforms – Linkedin, Instagram and TikTok.
Anyone wishing to sponsor the podcast and/or recommend a guest can email ‘The D.A.R.E. Podcast’ directly.
